The Catholic Church’s ban on wigs in the 18th century was as revealing of attitudes towards disability as vanity and sanctity ...

In a follow-up to last week’s story about Adi Shankara, I would like to share some details about a 20th-century ‘secular ...

Many Americans were frustrated by the mid-18th century influx ... in Ellsworth kidnapped a Catholic priest, the Rev. John Bapst. The mob beat him, stripped him of his clothing, covered him with ...

"There are dozens of dead and hundreds injured. We have lost courageous Ukrainians, our brothers, servicemen," the press ...

This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah successfully challenged the priests of Baal ... Church in the early 18th century. Although there is no historical ...

This is the third important Egyptian exhibition to be held in Australia this year, after the Egyptian Museum’s Ramses at the ...

In biblical times, high priests wore a cloth miter or a turban ... according to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Judaism. The Hasidim of 18th-century Poland and Russia opted for a wide-brimmed ...

The collection includes our earliest titles from the 18th century whose content modelled that found in ... Ordination of Women campaigned from 1979 to 1994 for women to become priests in the Church of ...